Box

Personal Correspondence

37 folders

4/1: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with Owens' short stories and Walking on Borrowed Land, A Texas Ballad Book, and the Amistad novel. January - September 1949

4/2: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing plans for the folksong book, short stories by Owens, and plans for a book of Owens' childhood reminiscences. October - December 1949

4/3: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books and short stories. January - October 1950

4/4: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning short stories and books by Owens. Includes plans for a book about Japanese war experiences written by Owens. November - December/circa 1950

4/5: Personal correspondence, Letters from magazines and publishers discussing Owens' short stories, books, and Owens' Japanese research. Also includes a letter from Roy Bedichek. January 1951

4/6: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' novels and short stories as well as Owens' employment for the summer term at Columbia University. Includes letter concerning Owens' work on Japanese war information. February 1951

4/7: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning books and short stories Owens - mention of plans for a book about Texas oil pioneers. Also contains a letter about Owens' proposed book on the Japanese in World War II. March 1951

4/8: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories written by Owens, Texas Folk Songs, and Walking on Borrowed Land. April 1951

4/9: Personal correspondence, May - June 1951

4/10: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' book on the Japanese and World War II and Texas Folk Songs. Also includes information on The Author's Guild and a certificate of membership for Owens. July - August 1951

4/11: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' short stories and his book about the Japanese in World War II. September 1951

4/12: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories. October - November 1951

4/13: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning short stories by Owens. December/circa 1951

4/14: Personal correspondence, Correspondence about short stories by Owens and the work on his books - Texas Oil Pioneers and the Japanese war book. January - February 1952

4/15: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing publication of short stories by Owens with various magazines. Also includes correspondence with Thomas Mayo of Texas A & M University. March 1952

4/16: Personal correspondence, Includes correspondence dealing with short stories and books by Owens. April - August 1952

4/17: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' short stories and books. Includes a letter from Walter Prescott Webb. September - November, 1952

4/18: Personal correspondence, Letters containing short stories and Slave Mutiny. December 1952/circa 1952

4/19: Personal correspondence, Correspondence dealing with books and stories by Owens. January - February 1953

4/20: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' writings and a speaking engagement for the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. March - April 1953.

4/21: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing short stories and books by Owens as well as lectures and programs in which Owens was invited to appear. May - June 1953

4/22: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' writings and lecture programs. July - August 1953.

4/23: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and requesting his participation as a guest speaker in lecture programs. Letter informing Owens of his election to the Texas Institute of Letters - also includes letters from Dobie and Webb. September - October 1953

4/24: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books and speaking engagements. Also includes a letter notifying Owens of his promotion to Associate Professor. November - December/circa 1953

4/25: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Lee Keedick concerning lecture tours by Owens. Includes an itinerary. Additional correspondence dealing with Owens' writings. January - February 1954

4/26: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning lectures and writings by Owens. March - April 1954

4/27: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Columbia University concerning Owens' work and promotion to Associate Professor. Also includes letters discussing folksongs. May - June 1954

4/28: Personal correspondence, Contains correspondence with Lee Keedick discussing a manuscript Owens was to work on for Keedick. Also includes letters about Japanese Soldiers in World War II and the Robert T. Hill papers which Owens was organizing. July - August 1954

4/29: Personal correspondence, Correspondence with Keedick concerning a lecture tour for Owens and Walking on Borrowed Land. Contains letters discussing folksongs and the Japanese soldier book. September - October 1954

4/30: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and reviews. November - December 1954/circa 1954

4/31: Personal correspondence, Correspondence concerning Owens' books. January 1955

4/32: Personal correspondence, Contains letters discussing Owens' books, lectures, and his work on the Roy Bedichek papers. Also several letters mentioning the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Walking on Borrowed Land. February - March 1955

4/33: Personal correspondence, Includes letter of Owens' opinions on a book of folklore - also contains letters concerning lectures by Owens. April - June 1955

4/34: Personal correspondence, Correspondence discussing Owens' books and lecture plans. July - September 1955

4/35: Personal correspondence, Letters concerning short stories and books by Owens as well as his work on folksongs and Walter Sharp's biography. October - December 1955

4/36: Personal correspondence, Correspondence deals with folksongs, Owens' work on the Walter Sharp biography and oil field novel, and his employment at Columbia University. January - February 1956

4/37: Personal correspondence, Letters discussing folksongs including a letter written by Roy Bedichek, and Owens' short stories, including a story about Spindletop and oil pioneers of Texas. Contains correspondence dealing with Owens' work on his novel, later called Fever in the Earth, and letters concerning his employment for the summer session at Columbia. March - April 1956